Syria

Donald Trump’s administration is gearing up for another possible round of missile strikes against regime targets in Syria. This could trigger an explosive chain of events potentially leading to a more serious military conflagration between major international and regional powers in the Middle East. Moscow has responded to Trump’s open...

Eastern Goutha, outside Damascus, is "hell on earth", according to UN chief, Antonio Guterres. The day after the UN decision to organise a ceasefire, bombing continued. A doctor interviewed by the BBC says his hospital has "no electricity, no medication, no oxygen, bombs, no medication for anaesthesia, no painkillers, no antibiotics".

New movements for change will need to arm themselves with the lessons of the Syrian tragedy.The military victory in Aleppo by Assad’s regime and its foreign backers was a turning point in the war in Syria. It has put the Syrian government once more in formal control of the country’s main urban centres. But is...